About Us

We are Nicole & Gary Stone, we founded Yoga Breaks in Spain shortly after moving to Spain in 2003.     Gary was a school teacher in the UK and Nicole was a corporate marketing manager (& part time yoga teacher) both working long hours without ever seeming to get anywhere.   Sound familiar?   

 We moved to Spain to take a break from the pressures of UK living.   Our daughter, Poppy, was spending 10 hours a day at a child minder whilst we rushed between work, home, domestic duties and seeing friends.   It was exhausting.    We knew that if we didn't change, something was going to break.  

 Nicole knew she loved teaching yoga more than the "exciting" world of corporate marketing.   After years of studying & teaching yoga, I realised I felt happiest when I was on my yoga mat rather than behind a desk.  I spent months ignoring my nagging intuition & kept juggling work, yoga & home life.

Eventually, a serious  illnesses forced me to slow down & think about the way we lived.   That was when I awoke to the fact that yoga bought more peace and joy to me than the trappings of a successful career.    This is what prompted us to escape to Spain.  And now, here we are, running  yoga holidays for stressed people like we used to be!  

The Costa Blanca area of Spain is truly beautiful with stunning mountain scenery  and an abundance of lush vegetation.  The pace of life here is much slower.  No-one is measured by what car they drive, how much they earn or what they're wearing.    This is how life should be.

Within months of arriving, we ran our first yoga holidays for  friends & family but word spread & friends of the friends wanted to come too!     Now we run holidays between March & October when the weather is at it's absolute best.    

The Yoga BreaksTeam

In addition to the Yoga & Pilates teachers - read about those on The Yoga page - we have a great team of people who make the world of difference to your yoga holiday.

You'll also meet members of our support team Anne & Nigel our airport drivers & of course, the team that keeps the hotel ticking along - chef, housekeeping and helpful, friendly reception girls  who do a fabulous job of looking after your every need.   We are so proud and lucky to have such a good team.